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On 15 February, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an official application by the Chineese technology company Lenovo. The new patent describes a new verification and validation system using the blockchain technology. The filled patent shows the usage of a "security blockchain" to verify the validity of physical documents...

The popular cryptocurrency exchange just announced that it will launch two new dollar trading pairs on September 5, 2018, Cardano (ADA) and Zcash (ZEC) respectively. This comes less than a month after they added Ethereum Classic and Ripple. The two new trading pairs will be added to the existing list currently...

Ubisoft, the French gaming giant is showing highly involved in harnessing the power of the blockchain as the public interest for console video games is fading.
As proof of their intentions, Ubisoft became a founding member of the Blockchain Game Alliance as reported by U.K. publication MCV. Members will work...

Regal RA DMCC, one of the biggest gold investment and trading firms in Dubai, will be the first company in the Middle East to get its license to trade cryptocurrencies. The company stated that it will also launch the world's first 'cold storage' vault which will allow investors to...

In 2 months, US residents must submit their annual federal tax returns and that includes every penny made from Bitcoin or any altcoin transactions. The IRS already has an estimated 14,000 records of people who transacted cryptocurrency on the popular exchange Coinbase from 2013 to 2015 and it intends...

Yesterday, Bittrex crypto exchange and wallet service officially announced their plans to launch U.S. dollar trading pairs for two new cryptocurrencies.
According to the announcement, the exchange will launch U.S. dollar markets for Ethereum Classic (ETC) and Ripple (XRP). The two new trading pairs will be added to the existing...

On August 3, Starbucks, Microsoft, and Intercontinental Exchange announced a new cryptocurrency venture known as Bakkt.
Bakkt is a global ecosystem for digital assets designed to allow individuals, as well as institutions to buy, sell, and spend digital assets on a unified network. Nevertheless, the media was quick to jump...

Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao recently revealed that the cryptocurrency exchange will launch its own public blockchain in "a couple of months or so".
Zhao made the announcement during the Forbes Asia Forum: Decrypting Blockchain and it seems like the company's public blockchain is called...

There might be a downward trend in "cryptojacking" but it seems revenue gains from using illegal mining software is on the rise. Digital Trends reports the RWTH University in Aachen Germany describes in detail how the browser-based miner Coinhive is used to produce more than $250,000 in Monero (XMR)...

Coinbase had some issues back in 2015 when customers found out they were suddenly double charged for each Bitcoin purchasing order. The company stated that all its affected customers will be reimbursed but in reality, Coinbase decided to process the duplicate order and credit the users with Bitcoins. The...

Visa B2B Connect, the enterprise blockchain platform of the payment company is preparing to integrate IBM's open-source blockchain code, called the Hyperledger Fabric framework.
Visa's blockchain service for enterprise payments is scheduled for commercial launch in Q1 2019. Almost two years ago, Visa made the first official announcement of the...

The Gemini Dollar (GUSD) will soon be listed on Bitbox, an encrypted crypto exchange platform, according to an official announcement form Gemini, a digital asset exchange.
Gemini launched GUSD on September 10th, and the new currency is the world's first regulated stablecoin that finally makes US dollars available on the blockchain.
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